Mauritius vs Western Africa: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Mauritius
- Western Africa
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 2.05 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 1.73 LSU/ha.
That makes Mauritius's figure about 6.4 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Mauritius has been ahead every year.
Mauritius ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 20th of 194 countries.
Mauritius has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3378 LSU/ha | 0.0922 LSU/ha | 0.2456 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 0.312 LSU/ha | 0.112 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 0.442 LSU/ha | 0.136 LSU/ha | 0.306 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 0.835 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.675 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 1.25 LSU/ha | 0.206 LSU/ha | 1.05 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 1.82 LSU/ha | 0.264 LSU/ha | 1.56 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 2.02 LSU/ha | 0.3125 LSU/ha | 1.71 LSU/ha | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Mauritius or Western Africa?
- Mauritius, at 2.05 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Mauritius and Western Africa?
- 1.73 LSU/ha, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritius and Western Africa rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Mauritius ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 20th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.